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December 03, 2025
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Spire soil data to support conflict early warning in Ethiopias Somali Region



London, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Spire Global has been selected by GIST Research to supply satellite-derived Soil Moisture Insights for a project that links climate conditions to pastoralist movements and conflict risks in Ethiopias Somali Region. The work feeds into the International Organization for Migrations Transhumance Tracking Tool, which monitors herder routes and is used to anticipate tensions around scarce resources. Backed by IOM and financed by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, the pilot focuses on one of Africa ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Aechelon links Vantor 3D terrain with Orbion SkyBeam to boost ICEYE SAR AI
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Aechelon Technology has completed a proof-of-concept integration of Vantor's 3D Operational Terrain into its Project Orbion SkyBeam AI exploitation system, using ICEYE's space-based synthetic apertu ... more
EXO WORLDS
Gels may have given early Earth chemistry a place to organize into life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
An international team from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany has proposed that life on Earth may have emerged within sticky, surface-bound gels that formed before the first cells. The researchers ... more
FARM NEWS
Kelp cost modeling tool for Maine seaweed farms reveals major savings options
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
A new economic analysis tool for kelp farming, created by Kelson Marine and the University of Maine, is helping operators assess site selection, weather effects, crop size, and operational factors a ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Santorini earthquake swarm in 2025 linked to deep magma intrusions under Aegean Sea
London, UK (SPX) Nov 21, 2025
An international team, including a University College London researcher, identified magma intrusion as the source of a major seismic event beneath the Greek island of Santorini early in 2025. Over 2 ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Mitigating radio frequency interference in US weather satellites
Albany NY (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prepares to launch the next generation of satellites responsible for U.S. weather forecasting and climate monitoring, it's asking researchers f ... more
WATER WORLD
Iran halts power generation at key dam over drought
Tehran (AFP) Nov 29, 2025
Iranian authorities on Saturday stopped electricity production at one of the country's biggest dams due to a marked decrease in the reservoir's water levels, state media reported. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder Set for Launch Following Final Testing Phase
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Spire Global, Inc. has completed environmental testing, calibration, and flight qualification for its Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) payload, which is now integrated into a Spire 16U satelli ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Kimchi consumption shown to regulate immune response in new clinical study
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
A clinical investigation led by the World Institute of Kimchi has revealed that regular intake of kimchi influences human immune cells by suppressing excessive immune responses while amplifying defe ... more

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WOOD PILE
Restoration potential on urban fringes identified in Brazil
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo, working within the BIOTA Synthesis center of FAPESP, have mapped roughly 410,000 hectares on Sao Paulo's urban fringe as suitable for forest restoration ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Mountain climate changes outpace predictions as review highlights billions at risk
London, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
A global review of mountain regions over the last four decades finds accelerated shifts in temperature, rainfall, and snowfall. Researchers report that over one billion people rely on these regions ... more
WATER WORLD
Ocean regions show simultaneous changes in temperature salinity oxygen and acidity
Tokyo Japan (SPX) Nov 26 2025
An international team has documented significant compound changes across much of the global ocean's upper one thousand meters. The study in Nature Climate Change developed a framework to identify lo ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmos ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Wild cat species in Guatemala adapt hunting heights to avoid food competition
Corvallis OR (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
A new study reveals that four wild cat species living in the same rainforest habitat in Guatemala reduce competition for food by hunting in different vertical zones, some in trees and others on the ... more
CARBON WORLDS
A new take on carbon capture
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM '19, MBA '22, PhD '22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again. Unfortunately for Ha ... more
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WATER WORLD
Greece puts capital Athens on water emergency footing
Athens (AFP) Nov 29, 2025
Greece has put the greater Athens area and two islands on a water emergency footing, to speed up infrastructure works and address the mounting threat of chronic drought. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
China launches campaign against fire hazards; as calls for accountability over HK fire silenced
Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2025
China has launched a campaign against fire hazards in high-rise buildings, state media reported Saturday, after at least 128 people were killed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest blazes. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Kenya launches $1.5 bn road project with Chinese firms
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 28, 2025
Kenya on Friday launched a $1.5 billion road expansion project financed by Chinese firms, including a state-owned company. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Uzbek Muslims pray for rain amid severe drought
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP) Nov 28, 2025
Uzbek Muslims held mass prayers for rain Friday as the Central Asian country suffers severe droughts associated with climate change. ... more
WATER WORLD
Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 28, 2025
After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday. ... more
WOOD PILE
In blow to Lula, Brazil Congress revives controversial environmental bill
Brasilia (AFP) Nov 27, 2025
Brazil's conservative-led Congress on Thursday reinstated much of a bill that makes it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, infuriating the leftist government and green groups. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Bitterness, disappointment grip Bissau-Guineans after coup
Bissau (AFP) Nov 27, 2025
Mohamed Sylla and his friends fled as fast as they could when gunshots rang out near Guinea Bissau's presidential palace Wednesday, marking yet another coup in the restive West African country. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Watchdog says rollback of EU green rules rushed, unbalanced
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 27, 2025
The European Commission moved too fast to scale back landmark sustainability rules for businesses, lacking transparency and taking too much of a cue from industry, the EU's ethics watchdog said Thursday. ... more
EPIDEMICS
Brazil approves world's first single-dose dengue vaccine
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Nov 26, 2025
Brazilian authorities on Wednesday approved the world's first single-dose dengue vaccine, which they hailed as a "historic" achievement as cases of the mosquito-borne disease soar globally due to rising temperatures. ... more
FARM NEWS
Beloved sheepskin-sack cheese Bosnia wants to protect
Gacko, Bosnia And Herzegovina (AFP) Nov 26, 2025
High in the mountain meadows of southern Bosnia, farmer Branka Buha monitors her cows through a GPS signal on her husband's phone. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Russia bans Human Rights Watch
Moscow (AFP) Nov 28, 2025
Russia added Human Rights Watch to its list of "undesirable" organisations on Friday, effectively banning the New York-based pressure group from operating on its territory. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
US killed survivors of strike on alleged drug boat: reports
Washington (AFP) Nov 29, 2025
The US military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack, US media reported Friday. ... more
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FIRE STORM
Hong Kong's bamboo scaffolding under scrutiny after fatal fire
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 28, 2025
Dozens of deaths in an inferno at a Hong Kong residential estate have ignited debate over the role the city's quintessential bamboo scaffolding played in the fire's spread, as the government promised to phase it out. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Italian Earth observation fleet gains eight new IRIDE satellites
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Italy's IRIDE Earth observation programme has expanded with the launch of eight Eaglet II satellites, adding a second constellation to the growing national fleet. The spacecraft rode into orbit on a ... more
WATER WORLD
UK Scout climate mission HydroGNSS begins water cycle mapping from orbit
London, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
The UK has placed the twin HydroGNSS satellites into orbit to measure how water moves through the Earth system using signals from existing navigation satellites. The mission was launched on 28 Novem ... more
ICE WORLD
Where Antarctic Ice Melt Will Raise Seas the Most
Providence RI (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. B ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Farms show potential as large-scale tool for climate mitigation in QUT led research
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
A recent international study led by Queensland University of Technology presents a quantitative framework for evaluating how plant agriculture and synthetic biology might help mitigate climate chang ... more
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